Why everyone from OpenAI to SpaceX is building their own chips (and turning up the heat on Nvidia)
OpenAI’s Broadcom-built inference chip plan signals major AI labs are trying to reduce dependence on Nvidia hardware.
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Nvidia has dominated the AI chip market for years, but the era of total dependence might be ending.   OpenAI just shared its plans to spice things up with Jalapeño, its custom inference chip built with Broadcom, joining Google, Apple, and SpaceX in a growing list of companies building their way out of single-supplier risk. The goal is less of a […]
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